Thursday, December 18, 2008

No Comedy Walk for December

Hi. There's no Comedy Walk event for December.

We had a great Comedy for Peace event last month at the magnificent Los Angeles Theatre. Before our line-up of select comedians came on stage, we presented a screening of the Oscar-winning comedy musical WEST BANK STORY with audience Q&A with star Joey Nabor. Thank you to director Ari Sandal for lending me his 35mm print to show.

Also in November, the great folks at if.net flew in our online comedy contest winner Alec Sobel to perform in our show. Thank you Nicole Dunn for making that happen! Story here:

http://www.northjersey.com/entertainment/stage/Comic_makes_a_name_by_ruffling_feathers.html?c=y&page=1>http://www.northjersey.com/entertainment/stage/Comic_makes_a_name_by_ruffling_feathers.html?c=y&page=1

There are too many people to thank for making Comedy Walk happen. It was ambitious to present a monthly live comedy show on six simultaneous stages for free. We couldn't have done it without the help of dozens of volunteers. It wouldn't have been possible without downtown theaters generously providing space so we could put put on the show for free.

A year ago, downtown activist Brady Westwater came up with the idea of Comedy Walk and called me to produce it. It was always a Field of Dreams type of venture, build it and they will come. Casting director Gabrielle Pantera was fantastic at producing the talent part of the show.

Producing a large live monthly festival/show with no budget tested my mettle as a producer. Without Brady as location manager and Gabrielle to cast it, I couldn't have done it. Thank you Gabrielle and Brady!

Love you guys!

Robin